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Andrew Dickens: We're all talk, no action · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: And it was a big deal for Rod Duke to
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  Speaker 1: go public with his concerns about the country. Yesterday, the
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  Speaker 1: managing director of Brisco's was announcing his company's full year result.
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  Speaker 1: He did well, He held on to its revenue in
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  Speaker 1: a difficult year. They are smart operators at Brisco's. They
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  Speaker 1: can bring blood out of a stone, it seems. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's not part of the job description for
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  Speaker 1: the managing director to pass comment on the government of
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  Speaker 1: the day, but he did, and he turned up on
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Bridges' show. But it is symptomatic of today's climate
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  Speaker 1: because we are desperate, We are sick of the doldrums.
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  Speaker 1: We want our captain to lead our way out of
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  Speaker 1: the quicksand so Rod, as a corporate leader and a
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  Speaker 1: leader in society, said the government needs to get its
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  Speaker 1: us into gear and do something. He said, it's been
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  Speaker 1: a year since the last lot, so there's been more
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  Speaker 1: than enough time to get proactive. But then when he
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  Speaker 1: was asked, well what should they do, he said, well,
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  Speaker 1: that's not my business. I just want them to get
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  Speaker 1: their ars into gear. And that's kind of the New
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  Speaker 1: Zealand problem right there. Because we're really good at identifying
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  Speaker 1: problems but we're not good at finding the solutions, so
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  Speaker 1: we moan about them all the time. Now, interestingly, yesterday
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  Speaker 1: we had the IMF come out and they said that
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  Speaker 1: New Zealand needs to lower its corporate tax because we
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  Speaker 1: were becoming uncompetitive. But they also said we need a
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  Speaker 1: capital gains tax because the country needs to balance its
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  Speaker 1: budget and we don't have enough revenue. So they were
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  Speaker 1: saying we need to spend, but we also need to
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  Speaker 1: raise the revenue to spend. So the IMF ha come
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  Speaker 1: up with an answer as the current government reducing corporate tax,
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  Speaker 1: not so far. Meanwhile, is the Labor Party championing a
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  Speaker 1: capital gains tax? Well, no, not so far either. Is
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  Speaker 1: there any a party that's offering both, No, not so far.
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  Speaker 1: So where are the solutions? But thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: Rod Duke for telling us the problems. For more from
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